culverin
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- The Master of Gunners of Shakespeare's play, whose name was John de Monsteschere, made also extraordinary practice with his culverin; and he could pick off marked men in the Tournelles, as, for the misfortune of the English, had been proved in the case of Salisbury. — Joan of Arc
- At times Master John would sham dead, and, just as the English were congratulating themselves on his demise, would reappear, and again use his culverin with deadly effect. — Joan of Arc
- No one had shown in these wars a keener eye for selecting the weakest place to attack, or where artillery and culverin fire could be used with most effect, or had been quicker to avail himself of these weapons. — Joan of Arc
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The castle was built on the corner of a great rock, so that on three sides it was quite impregnable, and great windows were placed here where sling, or bow, or culverin could not reach, and consequently light and comfort, impossible to a position which had to be guarded, were secured.
— The Deadlocked City - Old when the bold da Gama came With culverin and creed To trade where Solomon's men fought, — The Ivory Trail
- Look, the arquebus and culverin Vanish in new sciences that presage T. N. — Guns of the Gods
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A typical Spanish cannon was only about two-thirds as long as a culverin, and the bore walls were thinner.
— Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America -
One half-culverin, old casting of Manila, choke-bored, caliber fourteen libras, twenty calibers in length.
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 14 of 55 1606-1609 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of The Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century -
So he crouched lower and lower beside the culverin, and was rewarded in
— Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth - 'twas pitiful -- far worse beyond the hills, Where flashing gun and culverin were heard; There the unhappy bore their heavy cross, — Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist